News

April 13, 2015

The Clean Water, Healthy Families coalition [including Chesapeake Bay Foundation] today applauded the work done by the House of Delegates' Environment and Transportation Committee on SB863, which revises Maryland's stormwater legislation.

April 13, 2015

The eleventh hour passage of a bill that helps reduce polluted runoff from cities and suburbs in Maryland capped a surprisingly successful session for the Chesapeake Bay in the Maryland General Assembly.

March 16, 2015

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) will celebrate a school-based water conservation project called Barrels by the Bay with a festive kick-off event Monday, March 23 at the Philip Merrill Environmental Center, CBF's headquarters building in Annapolis.

March 4, 2015

While commending the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) for proposing tough new permitting requirements that will reduce runoff pollution in Henrico and Fairfax counties, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) is calling upon the state to require additional conditions that ensure greater accountability.

February 10, 2015

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) applauds the Venango County Commissioners for adopting a Clean Water Counts resolution, calling on state officials to make clean water a top priority for the Keystone State.

February 10, 2015

Alison Prost, Maryland Executive Director of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, issued this statement today following the introduction of SB 588 and HB 481 which would repeal 2012 legislation that provided funds to help local governments reduce polluted runoff:

February 3, 2015

Kim Coble, vice president of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, issued this statement following the release of the Bay Barometer 2013-2014 Report by the Chesapeake Bay Program office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

January 28, 2015

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) applauds the Jefferson County Commissioners for adopting a Clean Water Counts resolution calling on state officials to make clean water a top priority for the Keystone State.

January 19, 2015

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) filed a Notice of Appeal on Friday, Jan. 16 with the Circuit Court of Howard County notifying the court that CBF intends to challenge the Maryland Department of the Environment's (MDE) new stormwater permit for Howard County. CBF also will file similar notices this week announcing intended challenges of new MDE permits for Carroll, Charles, Frederick and Harford counties.